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Naples Apollinaire Calligram Tucked neatly beside the chemin Mehul path on Division 11 is the eerily beautiful grave of Fernand Arbelot. Little is known about Arbelot, who was said …
Marie d’Agoult/Daniel Stern Guillaume Apollinaire August 26, 1880-November 9, 1918 Division 86 48° 51′ 45.58 N 2° 23′ 41.18 E Guillaume Apollinaire, born Wilhelm Albert Wlodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki, was …
Chapel Division 55 48° 51′ 40.87 N 2° 23′ 33.31 E The Pere-Lachaise Loiseville was built in 1823 in the classical revival style and designed by Etienne-Hippolyte Godde (December …
Pere-Lachaise from San Juan 48° 51′ 35.95 N 2° 23′ 20.51 E (Main Entrance) Hours: November 6-March 15: Monday-Friday: 8 am-5:30 pm, Saturday 8:30 am-5:30 pm, Sunday and holidays …
The Crypt of Passion, also called the Rotunda of Tibias because of the squat circular column at the Birmingham center, was the site of an 1897 concert in the …
Before entering the ossuary there is a diorama-like carving crafted by an eighteenth-century quarry worker that evokes his home in Majorca, an island off the eastern coast of Spain. …
Concessions A word about the permanence of burial in ParisAmericans are often shocked to find that, unlike in America, where burial is permanent, burial in much of Europe is …
Pere-Lachaise Cemetery The most famous, or better yet, infamous, of these burial grounds was the Cemetery of the Innocents. The Cemetery of the Innocents (Cimetiere des Innocents) started as …
Death in the City of Love Paris, city of lights, city of love, city of magic, city of art, city of death. Some twelve million people call the Paris …
To your right is the beach, and there is no Tel Aviv Metro Map reason why, if the tide is right, you cannot follow the sands rather than sticking …